Dana L. Stringer
Dana L. Stringer is a commissioned playwright, writer, poet, and screenwriter. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Inspiration2Publication program in the Continuing Education program at Antioch University Online. She is currently the Artist-in-Residence at Out of Hand Theater. Dana’s work as a playwright includes nine...
Dana L. Stringer is a commissioned playwright, writer, poet, and screenwriter. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Inspiration2Publication program in the Continuing Education program at Antioch University Online. She is currently the Artist-in-Residence at Out of Hand Theater. Dana’s work as a playwright includes nine productions and five readings. Her play, We The Village, was selected for Theatrical Outfit's Unexpected Play Festival (2020). We The Village was also selected for the First Light reading series by Working Title Playwrights', which took place at Horizon Theatre (2018). Dana's short plays have been produced in the Fade to Black Play Festival, Ain't I a Woman PlayFest, MOJO Fest, The Revelation One-Act Play Series, and the NAACP Ten-Minute Play Festival. In addition, Secret Life in a Sacred House was selected as part of the National Black Theatre Festival’s Reader’s Theatre of New Works (2015). Dana has worked to refine her dramatic writing skills as a member of Working Title Playwrights and by participating in numerous workshops, which include The Playwright’s Lab at the Robey Theatre Company and The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival’s Page to Stage workshop series. In 2013, Dana’s short screenplay, ID, was included in the curriculum of the Stage and Screenwriting Course at Long Beach City College. Her short screenplay, Solomon’s Porch, garnered a semifinalist spot in the Nashville Film Festival’s Screenwriting Competition (2017) as well as a reading as part of the SAG-AFTRA Atlanta Indie Screenwriter Showcase series (2014) at Porter Sanford III Performing Arts and Community Center. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild. Dana is based in Atlanta, Georgia.